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weightism

weightism noun: prejudice or discrimination based on body weight, usually in the form of bias against high weight (fattism or fatphobia).

Noun

weightism (uncountable)

  1. Prejudice or discrimination based on body weight, usually in the form of bias against high weight (fattism or fatphobia).

Origin of weightism

From weight + -ism.

Questions about weightism

What does weightism mean?
Weightism means prejudice or discrimination based on body weight, usually in the form of bias against high weight (fattism or fatphobia).
What part of speech is weightism?
Weightism is a noun.

Words near weightism in the dictionary

  1. weightiness
  2. weightinesses
  3. weighting
  4. weighting down
  5. weightings
  6. weightism
  7. weightist
  8. weightists
  9. weightless
  10. weightlessly
  11. weightlessness

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